The EMULSIVE Global Film Lab Map (v9)

Update 09 – 2018-06-21: 334 labs / 56 countries
58 labs added, 32 updated and five new countries on the map. Special thanks to Tibo Alberny and John Whitmore for their help cleaning up all the submissions. More updates to come very soon!

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With the help of some lovely folks from all over the internet, as well as a few of my own notes (kept on napkins and cigarette packets over the years), I present to you an in-exhaustive map of places you can get your film developed and scanned – worldwide.

Each of the labs you’ll see on the map below are real, active and have been used by yours truly, or members of the film photography community.

This is a living, breathing map and will be constantly updated with more detail – better information on services, film formats developed, scanning options, public darkroom facilities, wet printing (color and black and white) – everything we can get our hands on. Scroll to the bottom of this page to submit your own updates.

We started off with ~60 labs in 15 countries in September 2016 and at the time of the last update on June 21st 2018, now list 334 labs in 58 countries. More updates will be coming very soon as I clear out a bit of a backlog. Please contribute labs not yet covered, as well as details not yet currently included for existing listings.

In addition, if there’s some detail that you feel should be added to all of the listings (turnaround times?), please let me know either in the comments below.

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Has someone been missed? Details incorrect? Want to contribute? Use the form below or this link to make a new submission, or to update an existing entry.

Update 06 – 2017-08-09: 240 labs / streamlining submissions
We’ve just added another 7 labs and 5 new countries. The submission form has been tweaked a bit. More updates in the queue coming soon.

Update 05 – 2017-04-17: 233 labs / streamlining submissions
We’ve just added another 23 labs and 2 new countries. To help streamline the submission/update process, we’ve added a new Google Form to the foot of this page. Please send all updates via this form – it’ll help to make sure your submissions don’t get lost.

Update 04 – 2017-04-16: 210 labs now listed
Thanks to everyone for all the recent updates. There are still 30+ in the queue to add but thanks to your help, we’re now up to 210 verified labs listed here on the map!

Update 03 – 2016-10-23: 199 labs now listed
We’re just one shy of 200 labs listed but Africa still remains completely blank. Please help to share and spread the word. We’d love to see 250 by the end of 2017!

Update 01 – 2016-09-17: 154 labs now listed
Please help fill in the blanks by providing details for areas marked “contribute” in each map listing. We’ve also added scanner options, so let us know which scanners your favorite labs use.

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I’ve recently added a private film lab in Bekasi, West Java – Indonesia, namely hicreativefive. they’re on hiatus today but i believe they’ll start again soon. can scan and process 135 and 120, but can’t print. Will look for other old film lab that might survive in Jakarta.

I don’t know about the capital of Croatia (Zagreb) except that there are a quite a few photolabs there, but I can confirm that there are two labs in Osijek that are still developing film.

FOTOREKLAM d.o.o.
Kapucinska 39
Osijek, Croatia

They’re doing C-41 development. No cross-processing. Developing a roll costs 8 kunas per roll (1.08 Euros), and scanning costs 10 kunas per roll (1.5 Euros). The format is JPG, and the resolution is always 2400×1600, since it’s all done on an Agfa machine. Despite the JPG format and the resolution, the scans are detailed and good enough for web/insta services. They’re allegedly also developing b/w film, but unlike color ones which are done in 40-ish minutes, you’ll wait quite a bit for those.

Digital Foto Studio C
Županijska ul. 13
Osijek, Croatia

Also C-41 development, the same affordable prices as the studio above, but their scans come in a much higher resolution (3637×2433). I suspect that these guys are not using a drum scan since the scans lack fine detail – it’s probably interpolation, although good enough for most uses. Also, you’ll have to wait for a couple of hours for them to develop + scan your films.

In Ulaanbaatar there’s a shop called “PhotoMan” that does C41 and scanning. Occasionally have a small stock of 35mm film for sale. It’s a blue shop west of the State Department store on the right side of the street. Unfortunately, they don’t have a website or FB. It’s quite cheap but the services aren’t anything special. Here’s a photo of the place to make it easy to find! http://imgur.com/a/rhP4F

In Poznań Poland there are 3 more great photolabs other than fotoma.
First one is on Cyryla Ratajskiego square, there you can also buy papers, and chemicals for your darkroom.
Another one is Foto Viva in a shopping mall (Kupiec Poznański), this is the last place in Poznań where they develop your film in less than an hour.
The last one is called Fotogajek and is on Kramarska Street (really close to the old market square – so it is the best for tourists shooting film) they also have lots of films for sale.
In Poznań there are some smaller photolabs as well – mostly making prints and photos for IDs but if you bring film to them they’ll probably develop it in a week.

Photoworks SF for local and Mail Order processing, scanning, prints,etc. C41/B&W/E6 & Xpro. I’ve been using them for 5 years. Negatives are always super clean and turn around is very decent. My favorite because I like the process only prices & I scan myself.http://www.photoworkssf.com or 2077 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114

Public Darkroom, has facilities/chemicals for film developing and enlargements up to 4×5, large format tray developing also possible. Has a membership option for locals. Very involved in local Alt Process community and holds workshops and shows throughout the year. I’m a member and use this for all my wet printing.

Let’s kick off the Queensland list: Prolab, a pretty comprehensive lab in Brisbane; been going 40 years. They don’t sell film any more, but process, scan, print, finish, retouch and can do display work too. Online ordering system & FTP service. http://www.prolab.com.au/https://www.facebook.com/Prolab88

They’re currently inactive over social media, and I’m not sure if they sell film online. They do have a walk-in shop, and might sell film there.
Also, my hires scans were from a Noritsu machine so far. They could be using fuji previously or just for standard scans

I’m living in San Diego, and went to Nelson Photo Supplies a couple times. They sell, dev+scan film in their shop and certainly isn’t a public darkroom. Unfortunately I forgot their prices. Here’s their fb page https://www.facebook.com/NelsonPhotoSupplies/

Also, another store for San Diego is George’s Camera. They offer c41 dev+scan ($4 for 35mm c41 dev, +$9 for scan or +$15 for hires) in their North Park main store, but send push/pull or B&W film offsite to Swan Labs and $4 extra for this option.

We dip and dunk C41 and E6, and hand process B&W.
We scan with either Noritsu S4 or Fuji SP3000, we also run a Kodak 4050 and HR500 scanner and an Imacon Flextight.
We also offer printing both digitally controlled Ag and Pigment Inkjet
We frame and build albums as well.
This is our 80th year in business.

Hi! I’m from Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have a minilab at home where I develop and scann my own films and take orders from customers.
I develop and scann 35mm and 120mm, color and black&white film.
Here is my fanpage where I take the orders and sell supplies: http://www.facebook.com/shoot.film.arg

I also give lessons of introduction to film photography and manual homemade develop
Film’s not dead! It al depends on us

Colonial Photo and Hobby in Orlando, FL still does in-house processing for C41 and B&W in both 135 and medium format. I’m pretty sure they still do E6, but it’s been outsourced to a lab in (I believe) Jacksonville.http://www.cphfun.com/

In Utah, there’s also Replicolor at 850 Richards St., Salt Lake City. They do B&W, E-6 and C-41 in 35mm, 120 and 220. They also process K12 and K14 as B&W.
Nichols Photo Lab at 3265 S. 1100 E., Salt Lake City does B&W, C-41 and E-6 for 35mm, 120, 220, 4×5 and 8×10. They’ll also scan odd-sized film.

From what I remember, they process C41, E6, and black and white and seem to have quite a few lab services. They even rushed my development overnight for no extra charge because I had a flight back home the next day.

Chile:

Photolab
Calle Merced 832,
Santiago, Región Metropolitana,
Chile

So this place is supposedly good, and supposedly develops all types of film, offers push and pull processing, and whatever else you need. I have no firsthand experience however, because I mistakenly went into the shop with the big “FUJIFILM” awning two doors down. Don’t do that. The Fujifilm place is a standard 1 hour photo, which is convenient, but asking them to push my Cinestill in my broken Spanish did not ultimately get me the results I wanted.

Hey! Since somebody already mentioned Fotoyks.fi in my village, i can point to Saint Petersburg lab called Foto One (http://www.foto-one.com/ sorry i think website only in Russian). They have fantastic printers there and a drum scanner. Something you won’t find in Finland at all, for example. I think the address in English would be Chkalovskiy pr. 15, Saint Petersburg